1967 Mercedes-Benz 250SL. My dream car as a teen-ager. When I was 19, my mother painstakingly assembled a tiny silver model and put it under the Christmas tree with the note:"Terrie -Hold onto your dreams."

“Mercedes-Benz W 196 ‘Silberpfeil’, 1955. The model got its name of Silver Arrow because the car was weighing one kilogram more than it was allowed for particiapting in the Nürburgring race in June 1934.” “The Mercedes-Benz team of mechanics scrapped off the traditionally white paint until they reached the silver aluminium of the body, to comply with the regulations.”